Happy President's Day! 50 Pictures Of First Ladies Being Awesome

As a rabid gang of man-hating lesbians*, there's nothing we hate more than a holiday dedicated to a bunch of dudes. (Ultimately this leaves us with Purim and Mother's Day.) Luckily where you find a powerful man, you'll also find the woman he's married to. We call those women "First Ladies." Sometimes they do things and look awesome and people take pictures. Unfortunately, photograph machines are a fairly recent invention so therefore we have a limited pool to choose from. That's fine because one can never look at too many pictures of Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton or Jackie Kennedy.

Last year we did a Top Ten First Ladies of All Time which was pretty rad, possibly way radder than this.

: Michelle Obama

: Hillary Clinton with Susan Blumenthal

: Grace Coolidge

: Michelle Obama

: Hillary Clinton

: Michelle Obama With Muppets

: Rosalynn Carter

: Jackie Kennedy

: Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres

: Betty Ford

: Mamie Eisenhower

: Eleanor Roosevelt

: Jackie Kennedy

: Michelle Obama

: Mamie Eisenhower

: Jackie Kennedy – 1961

: Hillary Clinton

: Laura Bush

: Hillary Clinton

: Rosalynn Carter

: Pat Nixon with Big Bird

: Betty Ford

: Jackie Kennedy

: Hillary Clinton

: Jackie Kennedy

: Hillary Clinton With Muppets

: Michelle Obama

: Pat Nixon

: Jackie Kennedy

: Hillary and Chelsea Clinton

: Eleanor Roosevelt

: Hillary Clinton

: Rosalynn Carter

: Hillary Clinton

: Jackie Kennedy

: Lady Bird Johnson

: Hillary Clinton

: Michelle Obama at Howard University

: Former First Lady Laura Bush with bobble headed likeness during the Women’s Conference on Tuesday.

: Louise Hoover

: Michelle Obama and Jill Biden

: Hillary Clinton

: Barbara Bush

: Jackie Kennedy

: Mamie Eisenhower

: Hillary Clinton Chillaxing

: Nancy Regan & Mr.T

: Rosalynn Carter

: Michelle Obama

* just kidding

40 responses to “Happy President's Day! 50 Pictures Of First Ladies Being Awesome”

Lauren (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Michelle Obama is such a badass.

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1. mdhp
  February 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm Permalink Reply
  
  m’obama 2016
  
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laila
February 20, 2012 at 12:06 pm Permalink Reply

Love Michelle but why are you man-hating ?

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1. Emma (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 12:33 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  #sartalics
  
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Charlie
February 20, 2012 at 12:06 pm Permalink Reply

Whoa. #38 of Hillary…I saw that and was like wtf is this picture of pre-makeover Adele Channing doing here?

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1. Angela (member)
  February 21, 2012 at 8:31 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  she looks hottttttttttttttttttttt <3
  
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Rachel B (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:07 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Last year’s post about First Ladies was my most favourite.

But I will never ever say no to the opportunity to look at Hillary and reminiscence over what a soul-crushing defeat 2008 turned out to be!

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Heather (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:09 pm Permalink Reply Report user

ROSALYNN CARTER

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Shelly (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Nancy Regan with Mr. T – Hands Down!

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Beez (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

“A rapid gang of man-hating lesbians.” Are we on motorcycles? Or scooters? WHEN DO I GET MY TEAM AUTOSTRADDLE SCOOTER.

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1. Digger (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 12:33 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I was debating sending her a private message saying “Umm..I think you meant “rabid gang” but who am I to say what you meant..blah..blah..” Now of course, there’s no need
  
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oxfordcommas (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Dear Autostraddle, how do you manage to cover all of my current and future interests?

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Lou (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is very cool, great photos! And it makes me so proud that here we’ve had a female president in power for 21 of the last 22 years…granted now we have a man, but on the upside he is a very pro gay, poem composing leprechaun,(well, he looks like one, so same difference) and there are also unconfirmed reports that he may be a wizard…http://rosneypublicrelations.blog.com/files/2011/10/Wizard-222×300.jpg See, Irish president win all round!!

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Rachel (member)
February 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Do Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton get along? Because in my head they’re BFFs. They should make a vlog in the stylings of the Riese and Haviland vlogs of old. I would watch the hell out of that.

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1. Leila (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 3:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes, here is a gallery of them whispering snide comments to each other (as featured in the icon for this article)
  http://theobamadiary.com/tag/whispers/
  
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karmalaluna (member)
February 20, 2012 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

You are right. I can never look at too many pictures of Michelle Obama.

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Rachel (member)
February 20, 2012 at 2:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think next year, there should be a post devoted to female politicians with muppets, Ellen, and cats.

Oh, and I’d bet money that Hillary was a LUG in college.

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Lis (member)
February 20, 2012 at 2:38 pm Permalink Reply Report user

What is this President’s Day you speak of? It’s Family Day all the way in Canada.

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dutchdyke (member)
February 20, 2012 at 3:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user

michelle obama & ellen…!!!!!

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kd15 (member)
February 20, 2012 at 3:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user

In the autostraddle tradition of complaining that someone wasn’t represented in a list or gallery, I must ask where is (picked at random from a list of first ladies) Letitia Tyler and Hannah Van Buren?

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Jay (member)
February 20, 2012 at 4:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I fangirl by myself and squeal out loud every time someone even mentions Michelle Obama.

I just don’t understand how she can be so damn awesome. Push up contest with Ellen. Work out/Dance routine with Beyonce. Arms that make me wonder if she can beat Tina Turner in an arm wrestling contest.

The woman can do no wrong.

13 year old girls have Justin Bieber.

I have Michelle Obama.

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1. Aly (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 6:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  And I have Rachel Maddow.
  
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Hoda (member)
February 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Confession: I secretly hoped that John McCain would win last election just because his wife is so hot.

Us Canadians, eh?

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1. Hoda (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 4:09 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Also, because I’m Canadian, I feel it’s okay to say this: Michelle Obama has the mouth of a sand tiger shark.
  
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  1. Digger (member)
    February 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I’ve been saying all along that we are building that fence on the wrong border
    
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    1. Hoda (member)
      February 20, 2012 at 5:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      You’re going to start charging us to enter your land full of beautifully priced clothing. Isn’t that enough?
      
      (I hope the border guys don’t mind counting change)
      
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      1. Digger (member)
        February 20, 2012 at 5:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
        
        Yes..But your Canadian beer has a much higher alcohol content..So..You win
        
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Emily (member)
February 20, 2012 at 4:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I love this! 28 is too adorable for words.

That being said… Eleanor Roosevelt is my homegirl and there is not enough of her on this list.

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that_kate (member)
February 20, 2012 at 5:32 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m totally digging the pic of Betty Ford with her ERA button! imagine that, a Republican woman who was proudly in support of women’s rights.

also, amen to the comment above– if any first lady should be getting some lovin’ on a website for queer ladies, it’s Eleanor.

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1. riese (member)
  February 20, 2012 at 6:42 pm Permalink Reply
  
  yes we featured her last year in our top ten! unfortunately due to the time period in which she was first lady, there were not a lot of photographers hanging around.
  
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  1. that_kate (member)
    February 20, 2012 at 9:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    ha, right. fair enough
    
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Darby (member)
February 20, 2012 at 5:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I infinitely approve of this page right now.

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K (member)
February 20, 2012 at 6:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I really love Michelle Obama. Also, Rosalynn Carter was a babe.

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DEB (member)
February 20, 2012 at 6:39 pm Permalink Reply Report user

All of these were fantastic. Grace Coolidge pic was all kinds of win.

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DEB (member)
February 20, 2012 at 6:42 pm Permalink Reply Report user

also also..#33 Hillary! So hot

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Lola
February 20, 2012 at 6:55 pm Permalink Reply

I honestly don’t understand what some ppl are looking at, Michelle Obama is the most beautiful first lady ever. She’s also well rounded!

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kd15 (member)
February 20, 2012 at 9:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I want the outfit of the lady on the left in Grace Coolidge’s photo, complete with monocle. That monocle is awesome, and it would provide a great excuse to wear a pocket watch.

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Avan (member)
February 20, 2012 at 10:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user

All the best presidents had awesome opinionated wives, now all we need is one of these ladies to be the president themselves, and have their husbands go on talk shows and the muppets lol.

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Paloma (member)
February 21, 2012 at 12:02 am Permalink Reply Report user

Michele Obama makes me happy, every time I see a pic of her.

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Lizz (member)
February 21, 2012 at 10:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

What’s up with the weird connection between first ladies and the muppets?

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